Thomas Ferebee Autograph
Thomas Wilson Ferebee (November 9, 1918 – March 16, 2000) was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima in 1945. More about Thomas Ferebee
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Thomas Wilson Ferebee was born on a farm outside Mocksville, North Carolina, as the third of eleven children raised in a Methodist family. In 1935, at age 17, he attended Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Talented in athletics since childhood, he earned awards in track, basketball, and football. After training for a small position with the Boston Red Sox and not making the team, he joined the Army. A knee injury kept him from service in the infantry but he was accepted into flight training. After two years of flight school, Ferebee was assigned as a bombardier in the European theater, completing more than 60 bombing missions. In the summer of 1944, he was recruited by Colonel Paul Tibbets to be part of the 509th Composite Group which was formed to drop the atomic bomb.
Like Tibbets, Ferebee remained in the military in the years after World War II as the U.S. Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force. Ferebee spent most of his USAF career in the Strategic Air Command, serving during the Cold War and in Vietnam. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in December 1970 at McCoy AFB, Florida, as a master navigator (bombardier) with the rank of colonel. He then worked as a real estate agent in and around Orlando, Florida. Like Tibbets, Ferebee never expressed regret for his role in the bombing, saying "it was a job that had to be done." Read even more about Thomas Ferebee at Wikipedia
Like Tibbets, Ferebee remained in the military in the years after World War II as the U.S. Army Air Forces became the U.S. Air Force. Ferebee spent most of his USAF career in the Strategic Air Command, serving during the Cold War and in Vietnam. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in December 1970 at McCoy AFB, Florida, as a master navigator (bombardier) with the rank of colonel. He then worked as a real estate agent in and around Orlando, Florida. Like Tibbets, Ferebee never expressed regret for his role in the bombing, saying "it was a job that had to be done." Read even more about Thomas Ferebee at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Thomas Ferebee
The most expensive item with a signature of Thomas Ferebee (Enola Gay Pic autographed by Paul Tibbets, Theodore Van Kirk, and Thomas Ferebee) was sold in March 2016 for $475.00 while the cheapest item (THOMAS FEREBEE d2000 Signed 8X10 Photo ENOLA GAY Bmbdr.) found a new owner for $5.50 in February 2008. The month with the most items sold (4) was September 2011 with an average selling price of $34.99 for an autographed item of Thomas Ferebee. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2008 with $65.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $7.75 was April 2008. In average, an autographed item from Thomas Ferebee is worth $29.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Thomas Ferebee were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Enola Gay bombardier Tom (Thomas) Ferebee signed Historic PORTRAIT 8x10 w/coa | $29.99 | |
| Flight of the Enola Gay SIGNED Paul Tibbets, Thomas Ferebee & Dutch Van Kirk VHS | $49.99 | |
| Magnificient B&W Autographed Photo of Enola Gay by Bombadier Thomas Ferebee | $25.00 | |
| THOMAS FEREBEE hand-signed ENOLA GAY BOMBARDIER 8x10 | $36.00 | |
| Thomas Ferebee/ Enola Gay Bombadier signed card | $19.95 | |
| Thomas Ferebee/ Enola Gay Bombadier signed card | $19.95 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier Signed Photo | $34.99 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier Signed Photo | $34.99 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier Signed Photo | $34.99 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier Signed Photo | $34.99 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier Signed Photo | $29.99 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier WWII War Signed Autograph Photo | $34.99 | |
| Tom Thomas Ferebee Enola Gay Bombardier WWII War Signed Autograph Photo | $34.99 | |
| WW 2 B-17 & B-29 Bombardier Thomas Ferebee signature ENOLA GAY | $20.00 | |
| WW2 Original Autograph Thomas Ferebee Signed Portrait Atom Bomb Hiroshima | $10.00 | |